The Book of Portraiture

by Steve Tomasula

The irrepressible impulse to picture ourselves, and how, through this picturing, we continually re-create what it means to be human

A desert nomad struggles at the close of the ancient world to inscribe himself into life, and centuries later a Renaissance artist attempts to overcome his lowly origins by painting nobility. Throughout Steve Tomasula's arresting tour de force, human beings seek to become what they are by representing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1573661287
• ISBN13: 9781573661287
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: F2c
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"